YONKERS - A bar-restaurant's dashed hopes for scenic views of Central Park Avenue have led to a lawsuit.

The Yonkers Whiskey House at 2211 Central Park Ave. is blaming its landlord Yonkers Shopping Center LLC bar for thousands of dollars the bar spent on plans for an outdoor deck that was denied by city officials and a sign that was later removed.

In its Oct. 31 court filing, the Yonkers Whiskey House is asking the court to award it no less than $750,000 in damages for its expenses and for business that was lost during the time the bar had no signage.

In June, the Yonkers Whiskey House asked the Yonkers Planning Board to review its plans for a 638-square-foot deck with a 30-inch wood grain finish wall with 4-foot glass enclosures on three sides. The proposed deck would have be topped by a pergola, a wood lattice that supports vines or ivy.

According to Yonkers building records, officials in the building and fire departments denied the deck proposal. According to the bar's legal filings, one reason for the denial was that the front parking lot was not big enough.

Yonkers Shopping Center is managed by Ehud Cafri, according to county land records. Cafri did not respond to a voice message.

Yonkers Whiskey House wrote in its court papers that it spent $17,000 on a lighted sign in front of the property that was then removed and discarded during parking lot renovations by the landlord.

Yonkers building records show that at least four of the business operating at the strip mall had illegal signage and the city wrote violation notices for the four businesses on March 23 and April 6. It was around the time that the violation notices were issued that the landlord removed the bar's sign without the bar's permission, according to the lawsuit.